Toujour Pur

I have always wondered how it is to be rich. To have everything you have to buy for the stuffs you want, eat the food you have been craving for, travel to places you have never been to and be able to meet people of great importance and caliber. Really, I believe that as much as love makes the world go round, here’s the catch: money does too! As a child, the very favorite topic I and my cousins have was what to buy and what to do if we have a million bucks in our pockets. I would close my eyes right there and then and world imagine the things I will buy and do when I become part of the Nouveau Riche. First thing I will buy is my doll house complete with all the Barbie dolls I can take hold of, second is I will fill up our refrigerator with all the sweet goodies like ice cream and cake and third is I will buy my own pink bike, the remaining money will of course go to the bank. But those were the good ‘ol days, those wishes are just part of my childhood memories. I’ve grown up now and I have more sophisticated dreams. I only not dream of having a million in my bank account, but billions, tons and tons of money I mean!

One may ask, how has one become a Nouveau Riche? Maybe it is a legacy from his family or most probably, it is the fruits of his own labor. The number one most rich of all, as was listed in Fortune Magazine for the Year 1191, is SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH MU’IZZADDIN WADDAULAH, 45 Bandar Seri Begawan BRUNEI. He accumulated his wealth through oil and gas reserves.

I can only imagine all the wealth these Nouveau Riche people possess. And I can’t help but dream that someday I will become one!

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clint Eastwood spends more time behind the camera these days directing films. But anyone who believed him a few years ago when he said he had given up on acting, can think again. Clint has changed his mind.

The Academy Award-winning director, who was promoting his latest film "Changeling" at the New York Film Festival on Thursday, began acting more than 50 years ago and gained fame playing tough-minded cowboys and cops.

But in recent years, the 78 year-old Eastwood has perfected his skills as a director, winning Oscars for directing "Unforgiven" and "Million Dollar Baby" and earning nominations for "Mystic River" and "Letters from Iwo Jima."

Yet, Eastwood said that despite past declarations against returning to acting, if he likes a role, he will gladly act again. In fact, he has a new film, "Gran Torino," coming out in a couple of months in which he does just that.

"Since this picture (’Changeling’) was completed this year I have done another film in which I have performed, even though I said I wasn’t going to do that anymore," Eastwood told reporters.

"I think I started saying that back a few years ago, I said ‘I don’t think I’ll act anymore, I’ll stay behind the camera’" and then ‘Million Dollar Baby’ came along and I liked that role," he said. "Now I’ve done ‘Gran Torino’."

It is his first acting role since 2004’s "Million Dollar Baby," but the Hollywood veteran joked that after directing several young actors in "Changeling," maybe he should go ahead and quit acting — again.

"I’m always amazed at how good some of them are at such young ages because it took me forever to learn how to say my own name," he said.

"It’s a great thing, that’s one of the reasons why, in my senior years I do this sort of thing, I stay behind the camera and let the young people out there jump and run," he said.

"Changeling" is a gripping 1920s drama based on the true story of a woman whose search for her missing son forced her to confront the Los Angeles police and a serial child killer.

The film is due for release in the United States on October 31, after a world premiere at May’s Cannes film festival that drew mostly good reviews. The movie debuts at the start of Hollywood’s award season, and industry watchers are wondering if it will bring Oscar directing nomination No. 5 to Eastwood.

But if not, there’s always "Gran Torino," which Eastwood not only stars in, but directs. He portrays a Korean war veteran forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his racial prejudices after his Gran Torino car is stolen.

That movie reaches theaters in December and for Oscar watchers who follow the race, Eastwood’s backers at Warner Bros. have a history releasing his movies late that month in time to qualify for the Oscar race.

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